We acknowledge countless helpful discussions and insight from many par-
ticipants in the IETF and especially to Scott Bradner for holding the authors
and others in the IETF SIP community in line to the true conceptual, technical,
and procedural spirit of the Internet.
Jeff Pulver has played a special role in providing a platform and leading
exhibition of products for what was initially an obscure and unknown proto-
col in the Voice ON the Net (VON) and other conferences held in America,
Europe, and Asia.
Carrol Long, Kevin Shafer, and Adoabi Obi Tulton from John Wiley & Sons
have been instrumental in editing this book.
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